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Barry Donadio received another big endorsement for his political race for Queen Anne’s County Commissioner. This time, the endorsement came from the former Under Secretary of the United States Navy, Dionel M. Aviles

The Honorable Dionel M. Aviles has endorsed Barry Donadio in his race to be a Queen Anne’s County Commissioner in Maryland. Donadio faces a contested primary against two other Republicans for a seat where — the incumbent is not seeking office again. The primary election is on June 26th 2018. Once Mr. Donadio beats his two opponents, he will run against a candidate from the Democratic Party.

Mr. Aviles served as the Under Secretary of the United States Navy from 2004 to 2009. He also served a short term as acting Secretary of the Navy. 

Donadio and Aviles have become friends since then and share many of the same interests. 

“Mr. Aviles is a great man who has served our country with distinction. I sincerly appreciate his graceful endorsement.” said Donadio. 

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4064610523?profile=original Former Deputy Under Secretary of the U.S. Army Amie Hoeber 

On April 23rd 2018 the Former Deputy Under Secretary of the United States Army appointed by Ronald Reagan, endorsed Barry Donadio for his political race to be a Commissioner in Queen Anne’s County, Maryland.

Amie Hoeber has endorsed Barry Donadio in his race to be a Queen Anne’s County Commissioner in Maryland. Donadio faces a contested primary against two other Republicans for a seat where — the incumbent is not seeking office again. The primary election is on June 26th 2018. Once Mr. Donadio beats his two opponents, he will run against a candidate from the Democratic Party.

Hoeber is currently a leading candidate for U.S Congress in Maryland’s 6th Congressional District for the 2018 election. She too faces a primary against other Republicans, but is clearly in the lead.

Both Hoeber and Donadio strongly oppose the establishment of sanctuary cities in Maryland and have both made public statements to that effect.

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 Barry Donadio (Photo by Matthew Abbott)



Donadio is a full supporter of Amie Hoeber and is expected to publicly endorse her soon.

Donadio stated “ I am deeply honored by Hoeber’s endorsement of my campaign. It truely means a lot to me.”

The two share an interesting commonality dating back to the 1980’s. They share both a service and an admiration for the U.S. Army. Hoeber was the Deputy Under Secretary of the U.S. Army from 1981 to 1987. Donadio joined the Army National Guard in 1987 and went on to serve in the Air National Guard and U.S. Secret Service.

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PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT FROM:CLT'S 2 ½ PAC500 Mendon Rd. Unit 125 Attleboro, MA 02703 508-915-3665  BEATY WINS TAXPAYERS' ENDORSEMENT  Ronald R. Beaty, Jr. has won the endorsement of CLT's 2 ½ Political Action Committee in his election bid for State Senator from the Cape & Islands District.  CLT'S 2 ½ PAC, the political arm of Citizens for Limited Taxation, was originally created to support candidates who would defend Proposition 2 ½ in the State Legislature.  It now endorses candidates who support taxpayers on a variety of issues, and uses the CLT Legislative rating to identify pro-taxpayer legislators.  Francis J. Faulkner, executive director of the PAC, said the group endorsed Beaty based on his strong support for tax limitation "We need to put people like Ron Beaty in the State Senate to continue the fight for the income tax rollback and to block any attempt to impose new taxes.  Ron has taken the taxpayer protection pledge.  This pledge asks candidates to ‘oppose and vote against any and all efforts to increase taxes'.Signing the pledge means he is serious about not raising taxes and will focus instead on better management of state revenues." In contrast, his opponent Senator Daniel Wolf received a lowly 04% on CLT's most recent taxpayer rating.  In serving the best interests of the taxpayers and the economy, we urge the voters of the Cape & Islands District to elect Ronald R. Beaty, Jr.. to the State Senate on November 4th.
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If I can remember right several T. Party groups were funded by Freedom Works which could mean they owe the 'Big Dogs" a few favors.  Will Newt and Dick call in their seed capital in the form of endorsements?

Will we see the 'end game' of the investment into certain Tea Party groups for their supply of donors, supporters and Republican minions?

If we are going to endorse Newt, it should be because either we agree with him or because we MUST defeat Obama, NOT because we MUST return the favor.

I know this. This group TeaParty.org is beholden to no one and is completely self-funded. Furthermore, there are a few other groups out there that are self funded.

But who has been funded by Newt Gingrich & Dick Army's Freedom Works?  Those are the ones we must carefully watch.

....and then again, maybe I'm just a paranoid, right-wing conspirator.

What the hell do you think? Are we a bunch of wackos or will there be favors paid back by Tea Party endorsements?

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What is the Answer

Personally I believe that part of the problem we face in this country is the motivation of our elected representatives. We have, for as long as I have been voting (40+ years) , been seeking term limits with no success. No surprise, most want to preserve their career first and foremost.

I believe the best thing the Tea Party could do is help to achieve term limits through a "Endorsement Contract" with candidates for office. The contract would state that the prospective candidate would agree to serve no more than 2 consecutive terms. Incumbents would agree to one additional term beyond their current term(s).

If they cannot agree to this I would urge the Tea Party to withhold endorsement. Our representatives will need to make some of the toughest decisions in this countries history in the coming years, we cannot afford to have indebted representatives with only their next election on their minds. An effective representative will need to make decisions that will make some angry if we are to get back on track.

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